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Strong mag. 5.2 earthquake – Golf von Aden, 167 km northwest of Bosaso, Somalia,

 

14 Jun 5:45 am (GMT +3) – 2 hours 4 minutes ago

Strong magnitude 5.2 earthquake at 10 km depth

14 Jun 02:50 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 6 minutes.
14 Jun 02:53: Now using data updates from GFZ
14 Jun 02:53: Magnitude recalculated from 5.3 to 5.2. Epicenter location corrected by 3.1 km (1.9 mi) towards NW.
Date & time: 14 Jun 2021 02:45:00 UTC – 2 hours 4 minutes ago
Local time at epicenter: 14 Jun 5:45 am (GMT +3)
Magnitude: 5.2
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 12.66°N / 48.57°E (Golf von Aden, Somalia)
Nearest volcano: Harra of Bal Haf (102 km / 63 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
167 km (104 mi) NNW of Bosaso (pop: 74,300) –> See nearby quakes!
172 km (107 mi) NNE of Las Khorey (Badhan) (pop: 6,940) –> See nearby quakes!
194 km (120 mi) NW of Qandala (pop: 15,900) –> See nearby quakes!
218 km (135 mi) SSW of Mukalla (Yemen) (pop: 258,100) –> See nearby quakes!
262 km (163 mi) NNE of Erigavo (pop: 33,900) –> See nearby quakes!
281 km (175 mi) SE of Ataq (Yemen) (pop: 37,300) –> See nearby quakes!
284 km (177 mi) WNW of Bereeda (Calawla) (pop: 11,300) –> See nearby quakes!
384 km (238 mi) E of Aden (Yemen) (pop: 550,600) –> See nearby quakes!
459 km (285 mi) ENE of Berbera (pop: 242,300) –> See nearby quakes!
481 km (299 mi) NE of Burao (pop: 99,300) –> See nearby quakes!

Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Overcast Clouds 31.2°C (88 F), humidity: 68%, wind: 6 m/s (12 kts) from W

Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 4 x 1012 joules (1.11 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 951 tons of TNT) More info

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